Banana Nut Waffles

I make a lot of vegan recipes, yet I’m not vegan. Why? I think it’s because I liked to be surprised by food. I love when a few ingredients can come together and taste almost identical to what it’s like in its original form- kinda like this coleslaw that used cashews in place of mayo. It’s pretty cool when things taste like other things like this Sun Dried Tomato Pasta Salad that tasted like pizza! I also get pretty excited when I find a recipe that pleases the guys in my life like this Kale Coconut Salad with Sesame Oil. I’ve made that recipe at least 5 times since then.

What I hoped to get out of this recipe was a batch of healthier waffles using what I had in my pantry; I almost always jump at a recipe if I’ve got all the ingredients. What I didn’t realize is that I’d get a batch of waffles that tasted like banana bread. Being a lover of banana bread, I was thrilled.

While I could only eat one for breakfast, Cooper ate two. Future professional food eating champ? We’ll see…

And we’re off!

Ingredient gathering time.

Apple cider vinegar goes into soymilk to get curdled. Just go with it!

Bananas get their mash on.

Dry ingredients get mixed.

Nuts get chopped on the world’s tiniest cutting board. Don’t do this. It’s not smart. Not smart at all.

Pre-heat the waffle iron. Pour the soy milk, water, and vinegar into a measuring cup and set aside to curdle.

Mash the bananas very well in a large mixing bowl. Add the soy milk mixture, oil, syrup, vanilla, and stir.

Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Use a fork to combine, but do not overmix. Fold in the chopped nuts.

Spray the cooking spray on the waffle iron and scoop about 1/3 cup batter into the waffle iron to cook. Cook according to waffle iron’s instructions and serve with sliced bananas and plenty of maple syrup.

I totes always lube the waffle iron first, you just have to!
I’ve been making waffles on the weekends lately, and I have a banana-bread fanatic of a husband…this weekend these are totally happening. It’s just fate.

While I should be excited to try these because they taste like banana bread, I’m mostly excited to see the look on people’s faces when I tell them I mixed soy milk and apple cider vinegar together and THEY LIKED IT. These waffles are happening this weekend.

Is the curdled soymilk similar to the lemon juice + milk trick to substitute for buttermilk? If that’s the case, I’ll totally go with it…I can’t drink milk. I tried soymilk and lemon juice once, but it didn’t curdle. I’m intrigued! I hope to try these soon.

Oh holy wonderful breakfast! These are right up my alley. I will eat banana nut anything. I have two different banana nut cereals in my cabinet, regularly make banana nut baked oatmeal, put banana nut Bare Naked granola in my yogurt….need I go on? My only question is, can I substitute something for the Soymilk/vinegar combo? Can I just use regular milk? (I know it won’t be vegan anymore.)

I just made these for breakfast but I used regular milk with the vinegar since I didn’t have soy. They were quite soggy though and rather chewy. Did you texture turn out well? It’s hard to tell from the picture.

I really want a waffle iron!!! These sound amaaazing! How can I justify the purchase when I don’t even have the cupboard or counter space for my new food processor… that’s still in the box!! Uggg! I need a bigger kitchen.. Yep I’ll move, just so I can buy a waffle iron!

It says cinnamon on the ingredient list & nutmeg in the recipe. I added
both. One of the early ones was a little soggy from taking it out too soon, but the rest were great. I used plain, unsweetened soy milk & plain vinegar as that is what I had. Also I used 3 bananas as mine were really small & I did 1/2 cup of batter as I have a Belgian waffle maker.

i made these this morning! delicious. i have all of isa’s books (cuz they flawless), but this was a recipe i had not tried before. thanks for bringing it to my attention. i’m going to hit up that pizza salad next!

I made these waffles using 2 cups of buttermilk instead of the soymilk/vinegar/water mix and they turned out fantastically! I also used non-maple syrup and left out the vanilla, but added in 1/2 a cup mini chocolate chips. These waffles were still delicious and perfect treat up north at the cabin! Great recipe Tracy!

I have my eye on an Al-Clad square one. They look pretty awesome. I got mine as a wedding gift from Williams Sonoma over 6 years ago and still love it. It’s a round waffle iron (I dont have it in front of me so I don’t know the model!)

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